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Clodagh Finn: Queen Scotia, the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh who went to war outside Tralee

The world might be a far more interesting place if we recalled the people who left traces of their lives stitched into the landscape around us
Clodagh Finn: Queen Scotia, the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh who went to war outside Tralee

Queen Scotia's grave. Picturte: coutesy of Ciara Kenny aka Ciaraioch.

It isn’t every day that Queen Scotia, the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh who went to war outside Tralee some 2,000 years ago, comes up in conversation. More’s the pity.

The world might be a far more interesting place if we recalled the people who left traces of their lives stitched into the landscape around us.

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